Peutz-Jeghers syndrome (PJS) is a rare genetic disorder causing gastrointestinal polyps and skin pigmentation. Our case report highlights a unique instance of jejuno-jejunal intussusception associated with PJS in a 28-year-old female patient who presented to the emergency department with colicky abdominal pain, tachycardia, and gastrointestinal symptoms. Physical examination revealed mucocutaneous hyperpigmentation.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFA 2-month-old Syrian male child presented with a large blackish ulcerating lesion on his hard palate, along with fever, diarrhea, vomiting, and milk regurgitation from the nose. The child was diagnosed with palatal mucormycosis by histopathology and underwent treatment with liposomal amphotericin B and surgical debridement. However, despite treatment, the child's condition deteriorated, and he died from respiratory failure.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFWe present a unique case of complete tongue necrosis caused by a compression of an endotracheal tube (ETT). A 39-year-old female underwent endotracheal intubation secondary to respiratory failure following sudden altered mental status. Tongue swallowing developed and worsened with obvious pallor on examination.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFKimura disease is a benign subcutaneous chronic inflammatory disease of unknown etiology that is usually seen in young males. A 26-year-old Syrian adult, has suffered from focal segmental glomerulosclerosis for 10 years with no history of renal transplantation, complained of swellings in his preauricular area which was diagnosed as Kimura disease. There is no consensus regarding the optimal treatment for Kimura disease and the chosen treatment was surgery in the young patient with localized lesions.
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